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Living in a Box of Trees
Just the other day I tweeted a link to a box. This was not an ordinary box, it was a ‘magical’ box made out of mirrors. And what does it do? It fooled you into thinking you were some place else! Jokes and smoke aside, along the streets of Amsterdam stands a box called the ‘Unlimited Urban Woods’ enclosing a ‘forest’ as far as the eye can see. It is not the architectural feat that sparks my interest, but the social comment I draw out of such a land mark. How detached from reality are we exactly? As my colleague Bradley recently ...
The Hermanus Horn
Along the south shores of the Western Cape, a man stands blowing a horn… made of kelp. Between short blasts he moves among viewpoints, patrolling the shoreline for submerged bodies. His top hat stands proudly. Around his neck rests a sandwich board, tallying up the beasts he has seen today. The Worlds only Whale Crier, Zolile Baleni, helps direct tourists on their ‘pilgrimage’ to Hermanus. Previously known as Hermanuspietersfontein (say that in a rush), Hermanus draws hundreds of whale watchers every year. From June through to November every year, Southern Right whales gather off of Hermanus to mate and calve in Walker ...
It’s open gates for SANPark!
Regardless of your beliefs of the beginning you cannot argue that once upon a time we (well, our ancestors) lived in a place called 'The Wild'. And just how far have we gone from it? We swapped our caves for houses (fair trade) and our skins for suits (that’s fine), but I wouldn’t swap the wildlife and parks for the world. For sure I am accustomed to my new environment, and I don’t think that I could swing from tree to tree hunting down a Jane, but isn’t it nice to get out there for a while? SANParks have recently announced that ...
Flexi Club Ahoy
Our fans disappeared as we rounded the mouth of the harbour. The goodbyes were gone. Soon we were totally alone, no matter where we looked there were vast voids of streaky waves. White horses lapped up the side of the Melody like suds at a carwash. I lapped up the sun and earned the worst short tan ever (This is probably why the Irish never colonised anything). This was my trip on the MSC Melody, and my first time at sea. Even though I had never been at sea (I once watched Titanic, if that counts) I quickly grew a pair of sea ...
Blood Sweat & Gears! Adventure Travel in SA
We are all different. Some like to sit down by the fire, others like to jump in it. If you have been reading this blog, you should be following my tweets (do it now, click-ity click here), and you should know that I cheep about South African tourism and travel (mixed in with the occasional fallen comments). Today I felt like writing something a little different. Maybe I was spurred on by my guilty gut telling me I need to get more active, or maybe it’s been the OD of sport in the media...but how great is it that Adventure Tourism is such ...
Our stay at Flims in Switzerland
FlexiClub would like to thank the Bosman family who recently returned from a trip to Flims Switzerland and were kind enough to share their adventure with us. Our stay at Flims in Switzerland: Flims is a mountain town in Switzerland. It is fairly unknown to international travelers, but the Swiss love it as [...]
Continue reading...25. October 2011
Horsing around at Bushmans Nek
Going on holiday? Dreading having to get back into your fitness programme on your return? Or worse still – having to keep it up during your down time! Fear not – at Bushman’s Nek we’ve got it covered. Here you can participate in the ancient art of Hippotherapy, which through the ages has been proven [...]
Continue reading...14. October 2011
Go Greek with Flexi Club
Club Mykonos Langebaan brings a touch of the Greek passion for family and good times to the coastal town of Langebaan on the countrys West Coast. The resort is filled with activities the whole family can enjoy like tennis and squash courts, sauna, swimming pool and a games room. Sunday lunch at one of the [...]
Continue reading...11. October 2011
From You to Flexi Club
Dear Flexi Club, We had the time of our lives during June and July 2010 on our visit to Cornwall, thanks to Flexi Club. We were fortunate enough to stay at the Clowance Estate. We went on tours to St. Michael’s Mount, the beautiful harbors of Penzance and Falmouth, the seaside of Newquay and St. [...]
Continue reading...19. December 2011
Our stay at Flims in Switzerland
FlexiClub would like to thank the Bosman family who recently returned from a trip to Flims Switzerland and were kind enough to share their adventure with us. Our stay at Flims in Switzerland: Flims is a mountain town in Switzerland. It is fairly unknown to international travelers, but the Swiss love it as [...]
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19. December 2011
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